Namco Bandai Games began streaming the third four-minute promotional video for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, the new fighting game inspired by Hirohiko Araki's manga, on Saturday. (The video is also debuting this weekend at the Jump F...

Yakuza groups to be banned from business districts in Fukuoka Gangs will be banned from entering “snack” hostess clubs and izakaya restaurants in many parts of the prefecture TOKYO (TR) – Fukuoka prefectural police announced on Thursday the bannin...

I'm not normally one to bother with downloadable costumes, but Capcom's latest Resident Evil 6 offerings have me more tempted than ever. A new series of outfits for a variety of characters brings vivid flashbacks of the PlayStation Resident Evil d...

In commemoration of the release of One Piece Film Z in Japan, Japanese pair jewelry brand White Clover has started offering new silver accessories featuring the four main characters of the series, Luffy, Chopper, Zoro, and Brook.

Fans love to ponder which fictional characters would win in fights if it really came down to it, and thanks to fan films we can take those theoretical throwdowns to a whole new level. Brett Driver's latest pits Uncharted's Nathan Drake against Ass...

Takashi Murakami became world famous for utilizing an anime inspired aesthetic in his "superflat" art. In the process, and to his increasing consternation, he became synonymous with the notion of "Cool Japan.

As an early Christmas gift for Power Force members (such as Keith Justice & Lavender Ranger), Saban Brands has them a picture of the Power Rangers Megaforce team in their civilian attire! The new Rangers are said to be teenagers with an attitude.

With Kamen Rider Beast set to debut in Kamen Rider Wizard very soon, new scans of the said character surfaced online! The new scans featured the Beast Chimera and his human counterpart. The Beast Chimera is composed of different creatures and thes...

Kaori Nazuka plays Heroine who lost her memories in anime debuting January 8 The official website for the anime adaptation of Otomate's female-oriented video game Amnesia began streaming the first promotional video with animated footage on Friday.

Square Enix have shared a trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII at Jump Festa. Some of you may recall that this trailer leaked out earlier during the week, but this a slightly remixed version with different music.

On December 21st, singer Amuro Namie held the final concert of her first 5-Dome tour at Tokyo Dome. This marked Amuro’s first Dome tour in 15 years. With 8 shows in all, she pulled in about 340,000 people, which is the most ever for a solo female ...

SHAFT, the studio who brought us Madoka Magica, has shared the fourth in a series of seven promo pilot videos for new mahou shoujo anime Magical Suite Prism Nana. This one features character design by light novel illustrator Kantoku (Hentai Ouji ...

"Frieza, Cell and Majin Buu, there is a being that transcends them all. . . The strongest, confrontation. " With Jump Festa 2013 set to celebrate all things Shonen Jump ths weekend, Toei has put together a booklet and series of digital image prom...

Deck the halls! A new anime is joining the Crunchyroll line-up just in time for Christmas. Boku-no-imoutowa“Osaka-okan” (which translates to “My Little Sister is an Osaka Momma”), begins tonight for premium members Fri/21 at 8pm Pacific Time.

Previously just scheduled for 2013 in general, Square Enix has now slapped a Japanese release date on Kingdom Hearts HD 1. 5 Remix. The PlayStation 3 compilation will be available on March 14, 2013. If you missed the initial news about the rel...

In honor of the winter solstice , here's an interesting series of polls. Biglobe Anime Rankings recently asked readers to name their favorite anime character associated with the four seasons. "Associated with" could be based on the character's nam...

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